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- 3441: Facism
- Fascism is a form of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the twentieth-century in Europe. It was a response to the rapid social upheaval, the devastation of World War I, and the Bolshevik Revolution. Fascism is a philosophy or a system of government the advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with ... The idea of the "overman" or superman which symbolized man at his most creative and highest intellectual capacity was brought about by Nietzsche as well. Hegal believed people should sacrifice for the community. He thought war was also necessary to unify the state, with peace bring nothing but a weak society. Hegal also sustained that laws should be made by the corporate organization of the state. Fascism values human nature in ... illiberal and anti-liberal" (Nazi Fascism and the Modern Totalitarian State) this statement can be easily recognized in the steps that Mussolini took to gain control of Italy. In 1919 Mussolini and his followers, mostly war veterans, were organized along paramilitary lines and wore black shirts as uniforms. After defeats at the polls Mussolini used his new financial backing friends to clothe a gang of thugs who would attack other ...
- 3442: George Washington Carver
- ... helped around the kitchen and in a small garden. It was the garden that George came to love the most. He was often called The Plant Doctor because of his love of plants. After the Civil War, George was set free at the age of 10. Once he was free, George set out to get an education. While trying to overcome many frustrating and bitter obstacles, George finally made his way through ...
- 3443: Woman's Struggle for Independence
- ... live freely. They could now own land and participate in the government. At the end of the 19th century women began to become educated. They began to prove there intellectual equality to men. As World War I came around women began to enter the workforce. With the men being killed in time of war it left a limited number of men to work in the factories. Women began to take over these roles. They were finally given responsibility and respect for there work. By the time of World War II women had proven themselves in the workforce. They now could find employment, alto there was still discrimination. During the 1950's woman began to fight for liberation in the workforce. They wanted more ...
- 3444: Fahrenheit 451
- ... do about the English because they have no rule there? The consequences for all of Wallace's actions led to the deaths of many people, but it also led to freedom. The negatives of the war were starvation, torture, and deaths of your friends and companions. They all fought and many died fighting for freedom and the ones that lived got to enjoy the convenience of freedom. The positive effects of ... because where would I be right now without my country or family or friends. They have all given so much to me it is the least I could do for them. If there was a war I would fight, I really don't know why some people would not, no matter what you do during your life you are gonna die eventually, if God chooses for me to die in World War three then I will. I look at it, as not really my choice, because everyone dies it's just a matter of when, why and how. That is what I got out of the ...
- 3445: Fifth Business
- ... and religion. One of the characters that Davies uses to relate the theme of magic and religion is Dunstable Ramsay. Dunny was brought up in a Scottish Presbyterian family in Deptford, Ontario. While in the war, he kept himself busy by reading the New Testament and states “Arabian Nights and the Bible were getting pretty close”, referring to both magic and religion. After servicing in the war, Dunstable is renamed Dunstan by Diana after Saint Dunstan. Dunstan’s study of saints becomes his passion and he later travels around the world in search of information about several living saints. During his search ... of it. The first involved the rebirth of Surgeoner by an act of charity. The second was the revival of Willie from the dead and the third was her miraculous appearance to Dunstan during the war at Passchendaele. Liselotte Vitzliputzli otherwise known as Lisel is introduced midway through the novel, but still plays an important element in the theme of magic and religion. The theme of religion is demonstrated when ...
- 3446: Business And Society
- ... minority and female human resources in the workplace and classroom. The term refers to active measures and passive nondiscrimination, as means of increasing the recruitment of minorities and ensuring equal opportunity. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the most comprehensive statute on civil rights ever enacted in the United States, banning discrimination in employment, voting, public accommodation, public education and all federal assisted programs. Executive Order 11246 requires that employers with federal contracts worth more than $50,000 ... for sexual harassment, even if the employer is unaware of the incident. This should serve as a warning to business owners to develop or refine company policies. The ruling falls under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which also protects non-victims form working in a “sexual hostile” environment. In essence, an employee can sue a company if he or she witnesses others being harassed, reports and nothing is ...
- 3447: Great Rock Musicians: Their Achievements and Effect on Rock and Roll
- ... s "I Got You Babe", the immortal "All Along the Watchtower" performed by Jimi Hendrix, and the eerily infectious "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" By Guns n' Roses. His first musical stance was as a war protest folk singer. . During the Cuban missile crisis he wrote "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall." It was a warning and a portrait of what a nuclear war would be. Dylan gained the title of spokesman for his generation when he switched from folk to rock with Highway 61 Revisited. In 1966 he [reportedly] broke his neck in a motorcycle accident. Whether he ... memorable performance was in 1969, at Woodstock, where he played his immortal "Star-spangled Banner", however it is still unclear if he played the song in such an unpatriotic, angry style in protest of the war, or from the pressure from black militant groups. In 1970 Hendrix died from inhaling his own vomit after an intoxication of barbiturates. The debate has never been put to rest over whether it was ...
- 3448: Twain
- ... are so sick you are afraid you won¹t die,² (Hoffman 55). From his writings, it seemed like Clemens greatly enjoyed the pilots life up until it ended in 1861, when the outbreak of the civil war began to block river traffic. Bad for Clemens the pilot; good for Clemens the writer. Clemens, who was not the most courageous man, decided to go west with his brother Orion to Carson City, Nevada ...
- 3449: Shell And Nigerian Oil And Uti
- ... with a major Igbo General. The minorities wanted a political restructuring through states and they won. There was an Igbo secession from Nigeria forming Biafra in Eastern Nigeria including the Ogoni territory. A three-year civil war broke out after this over the natural resources held by the minorities especially the oil in the Ogoni territory. After this Nigeria went through several forms of Military governments and a public election in 1993 ...
- 3450: Slavery
- ... for example, those of the Aztec, Inca and Maya, slave labor was also used on a large scale in both agriculture and warfare. In the Homeric epics, slavery was the ordinary destiny of prisoners of war. The later Greek philosophers did not consider the condition of slavery as morally objectionable, although Aristotle went so far as to suggest that faithful slaves might be freed in reward for loyal service. With few ... these households. Imperial conquests and expansions eventually strained the native Roman workforce, so great numbers of foreign slaves had to be imported to fill agricultural labor needs. The primary way of acquiring slaves was through war; tens of thousands of captured prisoners of war were brought to Rome as slaves. Other sources of bringing slaves were debtors, who sold themselves or members of their families into slavery, and persons convicted of serious crimes. Unfortunately, dependents on slaves contributing ...
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